- Description
- A fan of cars—and drawing them—since childhood, and a reader of Road & Track and Motor Trend since my teenage years. After studying at the CalArts Film School, I worked in TV commercial production in the 1990s and independent filmmaking in the 2000s and beyond. I’ve been an author at Curbside Classic since 2022 and Managing Editor since 2023, where my lifelong interests in cars, art, and visual storytelling happily come together.
![I was in the middle of a long stroll in San Francisco this past December, during what was a brief visit to the city I had lived in twenty years […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241204_161655_PORTRAIT.jpg "Curbside Find: 2000-2005 Buick LeSabre – End Of A Century")
![Text by Patrick Bell. We are going to look at some Pontiacs for today’s feature, mostly from the sixties and seventies with one from the fifties for good measure. First […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54029059205_612ef8029f_k.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Pontiacs In The ’60s-’70s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to view some hardtops, a favorite for many during the fifties, sixties and part of the seventies. They have the sporty look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot_20231004-022922.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: A Hardtop Gallery – Hardtops In The 1950s – 1960s")
![Inland Steel Complex, East Chicago. Time to pay another brief visit to Chicago in the early ’70s, a city we have paid a couple of visits to in the last […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/16478343746_cf21914aef_k.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Chicago In The Early ’70s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Let’s go out in the snow and find some MoPar’s. They have always been favorites of mine, especially from this era. As for the photos, they’re […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tumblr_pmoscpjmvu1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: MoPars In The Snow In The ’50s – ’60s")
![Image from the Cohort by canadiancatgreen. As R&T’s text says early on, the arrival of the “new” ’77 Dodge Colt seemed like a throwback. After all, by the late ’70s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/49471484161_a14fcaeeea_b.jpg "Vintage R&T Review: 1977 Dodge Colt (Mitsubishi Lancer) – A “High-Spirited And Willing Little Workhorse”")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Greetings to all. Join us today as we travel about looking at some fintastic fins! There is a lot to view from that intriguing styling phase […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-12-21-01.40.55.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Fins Of The 1950s-1960s")
![We generally devote much time here at CC to the ordinary cars that were in our lives. But from time to time, dream cars must also be attended to, which […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tumblr_oj163hOSDF1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: A Corvette Gallery – With Drivers And Admirers In The ’50s-’70s")
![Being winter time, we shall pay attention again to the tradition of taking a visit to warmer climates. Today’s virtual tour features again postcards of lodging facilities in the Sunshine […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/10139797226_0f3cef942d_h.jpg "Vintage Postcards: Welcome To Florida! – The Sunshine State In The ’50s-’60s")
![“It’s been a long time since the car has left me stranded. Indeed, it’s been running good for several months…” That line of thought is a dangerous one to have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241008_151503573a.jpg "My 1996 VW Golf (Update) – Breakdown Afternoon (And Roadside Outtakes)")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we have another chapter of wagons in our series. There is a great selection to view as well as some great locations. Some appear to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tumblr_nio4n9lFw51txhgk3o1_1280.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Station Wagons In The 1950s – Part 3")
![For today, how about a double helping of J-car nostalgia with the aid of some second-generation models; a Pontiac Sunbird and a Chevrolet Cavalier wagon? Would that appease your late […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20231001_165514013-e1736575019246.jpg "Curbside Classics: ’90-’94 Pontiac Sunbird & Chevrolet Cavalier Wagon – J-Cars Surviving Away From Home (Plus; The Hard Work Of Brand Styling Differentiation)")
